Down the Adriatic coast from Ravenna are a series of small towns. These are the 'Lidi' or resort towns where Italians flock in summer. Some, like Milano Maritimo are very trendy indeed, and some, like Rimini, used to be the 'in' place, but have become overcrowded and expensive. Cesenatica is between the two, it lives for the tourist Euro, but seeks to be quaint rather than trendy. This is a port designed by Leonardo da Vinci, the original plan drawn by the great master of ideas still exists. Unfortunately, the sea moved outwards, and the defensive tower he planned and the canals are rather more inland, so much for global warming, only 500 years ago, the seas were so much higher in the Adriatic. Nevertheless, it remains an interesting town with a museum of fishing. This
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